Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Just being resourceful huh?

The age of the internet has brought about a new, easy, and almost limitless way to share information with the world. There will soon be a trillion connective devices in the world. There is a generation that can't go to the bathroom without debriefing the internet. You just burned the top of your mouth on pizza straight out of the oven? We used to be able to live in blissful silence when the ratards of the world forgot to read direction #5 "Remove and let cool." Now the internet has given these mongoloids a pseudo-voice even when living with the consequences of possessing an intellect above acorn and below dolphin (basically Shaq).


Not the least of these is the social networking site Facebook, a site that gives people a chance to look like they have many more friends than they actually have, all while sharing things that would normally be hidden from your parents WITH your parents and their friends, your pastor, the janitor at school, the creeper that sits at an angle behind you (all the better to see you, my dear) in english, that guy you took a random picture with and one of your 'friends' knew him, John Mayer, and Pope Benedict VII (who was Pope from 974 - 983AD because someone thought it would be funny to make a page for him and you thought it would be funny to add him as a friend). And while Facebook has definitely given an avenue to people who were already creepers, it has created an outlet for what can only be referred to as Facebook-stalking, turning well-meaning not-creepy stand-up people into seemingly gossip-hungry drama-seeking 'girl-i-cant-believe-she-wore-that-to-the-funeral' creepers.


Now let it be said that I don't endorse or oppose Facebook stalking; however, I would suggest being mindful that you are more likely to find something out that you didn't want to know than actually succeeding in finding the information that you are looking for. "Dude, this girl was totally hitting on me all night. It was a great time; we laughed, she touched my leg. I didnt get her number but its cool cause I can always hit her up on FB. I'll make a questionably inappropriate comment on a semi-racy picture and....HEY SHES MARRIED!? Not cool dude. Not cool." (you have to go back through and imagine the words being said by some frat-boy tool and its even better!) Facebook-stalking has its advantages too. "Man, its a good thing I looked at Sally's profile today. I wanted to catch a movie tonight but according to Susie's (the bff) post, that wouldnt be all I was catching." See how that would be advantageous?

1 comment:

  1. I stalked you today. Then I poked you. It made me feel like I'm keeping in touch with you, without actually having to put in all the effort.
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